diff --git a/adbd.te b/adbd.te
index 5fcaf693858bad42231c2bc29524b7125467a2fe..5fdd747baaf8b0e1335a0c9ba123dd367762b3d1 100644
--- a/adbd.te
+++ b/adbd.te
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ allow adbd gpu_device:chr_file rw_file_perms;
 allow adbd adb_keys_file:dir search;
 allow adbd adb_keys_file:file r_file_perms;
 
+userdebug_or_eng(`
+  # Write debugging information to /data/adb
+  # when persist.adb.trace_mask is set
+  # https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=72895
+  allow adbd adb_data_file:dir rw_dir_perms;
+  allow adbd adb_data_file:file create_file_perms;
+')
+
 # ndk-gdb invokes adb forward to forward the gdbserver socket.
 allow adbd app_data_file:dir search;
 allow adbd app_data_file:sock_file write;
diff --git a/file.te b/file.te
index 112406be6377c149d73123b42ff8e9eb853d09b3..6ac60020c86e0156ed96f3b03d75ba7246babdd3 100644
--- a/file.te
+++ b/file.te
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ type system_data_file, file_type, data_file_type;
 type install_data_file, file_type, data_file_type;
 # /data/drm - DRM plugin data
 type drm_data_file, file_type, data_file_type;
+# /data/adb - adb debugging files
+type adb_data_file, file_type, data_file_type;
 # /data/anr - ANR traces
 type anr_data_file, file_type, data_file_type, mlstrustedobject;
 # /data/tombstones - core dumps
diff --git a/file_contexts b/file_contexts
index ec91425b16f8c9b909983fd7ec6ad05c5f149b0a..fce051b650e5923652099c223641ff0dc1857344 100644
--- a/file_contexts
+++ b/file_contexts
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
 /data/resource-cache(/.*)? u:object_r:resourcecache_data_file:s0
 /data/dalvik-cache(/.*)? u:object_r:dalvikcache_data_file:s0
 /data/dalvik-cache/profiles(/.*)? u:object_r:dalvikcache_profiles_data_file:s0
+/data/adb(/.*)?		u:object_r:adb_data_file:s0
 /data/anr(/.*)?		u:object_r:anr_data_file:s0
 /data/app(/.*)?                       u:object_r:apk_data_file:s0
 /data/app/vmdl.*\.tmp(/.*)?           u:object_r:apk_tmp_file:s0